Chinese High-School Students in Physics Classroom as Active, Self-Regulated Learners: Cognitive, Motivational and Environmental Aspects

Autor/inn/en	Neber, Heinz; He, Jing; Liu, Bang-Xiang; Schofield, Neville
Titel	Chinese High-School Students in Physics Classroom as Active, Self-Regulated Learners: Cognitive, Motivational and Environmental Aspects
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 6 (2008) 4, S.769-788 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1571-0068
DOI	10.1007/s10763-007-9110-y
Schlagwörter	Females; Self Efficacy; Student Motivation; Physics; Learning Processes; Grade 8; Grade 10; Foreign Countries; Self Control; Comparative Analysis; Gender Differences; Science Instruction; Western Civilization; China (Beijing) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Schulische Motivation; Physik; Learning process; Lernprozess; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Ausland; Selbstbeherrschung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht
Abstract	The present study investigates whether Chinese high-school students are self-regulated learners. A social-cognitive model that distinguishes environmental, motivational, and cognitive components of this active approach to learning is described. This provides an appropriate framework for investigating this complex issue with eighth and tenth graders attending a high-school in Beijing. By contrasting components of self-regulated learning and components indicating a more passive approach to learning that were both measured with self-report instruments, it could be shown that these students may indeed be considered as self-regulated physics learners. Comparisons of the grade levels revealed that tenth graders are not more active in self-regulating their learning processes than are eighth graders, and that they might even experience a motivational decline in learning physics. The same applies to girls versus boys. The physics-related self-efficacy belief of girls turned out to be considerably lower than with boys, a result that corresponds to findings with students from Western nations. Finally, assumptions about the causal role of motivational factors for using self-regulatory strategies could be confirmed. Possible consequences for further fostering self-regulated learning in physics instruction are discussed. (As Provided).
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